Covestro medical polycarbonate: A prescription for the medical device industry

Medical mobility for an aging population

As people age, they may have health issues that necessitate longer hospital stays or frequent visits to the doctor. This limits mobility and patient happiness, and is often costly. Small, mobile devices patients wear on their body or in their clothing is a prescription for this growing problem.

Makrolon® Rx polycarbonate’s high impact resistance, durability and transparency made it an ideal choice for all housing components in the mobile medication metering unit.

Covestro supports the development of outpatient treatment systems, such as mobile metering units, with substantial know-how, as well as with specially developed medical polycarbonate grades.

Makrolon® Rx polycarbonate forms the housing of a small mechanical injection pump that can fit in a shirt pocket, allowing patients to administer their own medications with high dosing accuracy in the comfort of their own home.

Makrolon® Rx resin’s high impact resistance, durability and transparency made it ideal for the unit’s housing components. Makrolon® Rx satisfies major biocompatibility requirements (following ISO 10993-1 and USP Class VI), can be sterilized through high-energy radiation and resists a broad spectrum of pharmaceuticals – all properties important for the medical device industry. Another significant benefit is that the polycarbonate’s transparency lets patients immediately check the filling level of the medicine.

While the mobile metering unit is not yet commercially available, it demonstrates the medical device advancements that can help improve the lives of our aging population – helping them retain their mobility and independence through flexible and reliable personal drug administration.

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